Author Archives: DomainHack.er

Tue 24th December 2013
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Registrar BigRock Gets ICANN Terminated Registrar Dynamic Dolphin’s Domains -

Pursuant to a Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy, registrants expected won’t be means to send divided from BigRock for 60 days. That means, any renovation dates that pass come due, according to BigRock’s pricing, that is $11.99 for dot com, according to the website. BigRock looks like godaddy’s incursion into India:

Via: thedomains.com

 
 
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KPMG Says It’s Leaving .Com For .KPMG Domain, Wrongly Cites SEO As A … - KPMG, the multinational professional services agency that was born in 1870, says it will abandon its .com domain and switch to its own .kpmg top-level domain (TLD). And one of the reasons the company gives is an expectation that the new domain will help the company’s search engine optimization. David Green, KPMG’s chief of digital marketing, revealed the company’s plans in a recent interview with World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR). “We won’t immediately drop .com; there will ... read more ...
Mon 23rd December 2013
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5 Steps To Protect Your Brands In The New gTLD Regime - The time is upon us. After years of anticipation, lobbying for delays and more robust trademark protections, and otherwise steeling themselves against the oncoming tide of new, generic top-level domain names (gTLDs), brand owners are faced with the reality of ICANN's far-reaching program: the first new gTLDs have been "delegated" received final approval from ICANN for use and availability in the domain name system. These newly-delegated gTLDs include .guru, .clothing, .ventures, .bike, .camera, ... read more ...
Sun 22nd December 2013
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New gTLD Price Wars As United Domains Undercuts Godaddy - United Domains sent out an email making customers aware that they were now taking binding pre-orders on some new gTLD domain names. Interestedly Go Daddy which built its business being the low cost provider on .com, looks like it  may be taking a different path with the new gtlds as there prices are higher on a majority of the extension both are taking pre-orders on. UnitedDomains.com is basically under cutting Godaddy’s price on these new gTLD they are taking pre-orders  by up to  $10 ... read more ...
Sat 21st December 2013
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.BUZZ Rolls Out Gift Cards In Time For The Holidays: “Give the Gift of .Buzz” - We knew that the new gTLD registries would come up with some creative marketing ideas. Today we got an email from the upcoming .buzz registry who is selling .Buzz gift cards “just in time for the holidays”; “JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. GIVE THE GIFT OF .BUZZ” “dotStrategy, the parent company of the .buzz registry, is offering an easy solution for the last minute gift buyer — ‘Give the Gift of .Buzz. “dotStrategy is offering a Create.Buzz gift certificate good toward the registration ... read more ...
 
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The final steps towards gTLDs - Over eight years after the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) first considered introducing new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) to include non-Roman script characters (e.g. click here to view character), specific keywords (e.g. .music) or even specific brands (e.g. .google, .amazon), the first gTLDs (click here to view gTLDs) were entered into the internet root on Wednesday 23rd October 2013 and more have since been entered. While many large brands have ... read more ...
 
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The Evolution of Domain Names - Hello MHB, Domain Extinction ???? Whats the subliminal message here ???? Rather than focus on the coming (Extinction of the right of Dot gTLDs) Consumer Emotional spending habits always have and always will be used by the DISTINCTIVE Online Consumers worldwide. Took .COM Franchises 15 + years to get this TOP DISTINCTION. (Does anybody really think the new gTLDs will be around long enough to match this Strategic Online Marketing Strategy advantage, that ONLY ... read more ...
 
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2013: A Year in Review, End of Year Message from DotConnectAfrica - "As Executive Director of DotConnectAfrica Trust (DCA Trust) and spearhead of the Yes2DotAfrica Campaign, it gives me great pleasure to send this end of year message at Christmas to our entire Pan-African constituency and global community of supporters and well-wishers all over the world." —Sophia Bekele As 2013 draws to a close it is worth looking back at where we have been and consider what 2014 will bring. As usual for DCA, it has been a year of intense activity to ensure that our ... read more ...
Fri 20th December 2013
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Empowering the Arabic language online -

Right now there are usually 22 domains such as .com, .org, .us, .ae and .net. With such reduction removing a website name we wish has turn increasingly formidable and expensive. To put this into context, there are around 160 million active websites, and 111 million of them are dot coms. All this is about to change with around 1,300 new domains going by a final stages of launch — with a initial ones expected to be online in a subsequent few months.

Via: gulfnews.com

 
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Well Here’s The 1st: KPMG To Replace Its .Com With Its New gTLD - 1) The develop of .com alongside the development of commercial internet itself will look completely different from the eventual adoption and use of .brands in a mature internet space. Reasons: too many to elaborate on. 2) Speculating on .com was acting on legitimate foresight. Speculating on these from a ‘domainer’ standpoint is gambling with crappy odds; two entirely different things. 3) How long it takes megabrands to migrate to .themselves, however many ... read more ...
 
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New gTLD delegation and sunrise periods – the new internet world is here! – are … - One of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved Domain Name Registries (Donuts Inc.) has now launched its 60 day Sunrise Period in respect of seven new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). The new gTLDs have the following extensions: .BIKE; .CLOTHING; .GURU; .HOLDINGS; .PLUMBING; .SINGLES; and .VENTURES These new gTLDs will ultimately sit alongside existing domains, such as .com and .com.au.  Donut Inc has, in fact, applied for several hundred ... read more ...
 
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.brand registry agreement addendum published for public comment - On December 6, 2013, ICANN posted for public comment a proposal requested by the Brand Registry Group to incorporate a new Specification 13 to the new gTLD Registry Agreement, which would be available to a registry operator that operates a top-level domain (TLD) that ICANN determines qualifies as a ".brand TLD." Specification 13, otherwise known as the “.brand Addendum,” would be added to the standard Registry Agreement that was finalized and approved by the ICANN Board of ... read more ...
 
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Il 2013 dal punto di vista dei domini internet - Jerome Sicard, regional manager di MarkMonitor per il Sud Europa, ci racconta l’anno che sta per finire attraverso gli avvenimenti più importanti nel mondo dei domini internet Pubblicato dicembre 19, 2013 Ci avviciniamo all’anno nuovo ed è arrivato il momento di tirare le ... read more ...
Thu 19th December 2013
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Google: Your Various ccTLDs Will Probably Be Fine From The Same IP Address - [ Search] Ever wondered if Google would mind if you had multiple ccTLD sites hosted from a single IP address? If you’re afraid they might not take kindly to that, you’re in for some good news. It’s not really that big a deal. Google’s Matt Cutts may have just saved you some time and money with this one. He takes on the following submitted question in the latest Webmaster Help video: For one customer we have about a dozen individual websites for different countries and languages, ... read more ...
 
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You’ve Got To Be Kidding: $25K For A .Sucks Domain Name Registration - One of the new gTLD applicants for .sucksopened up Priority Registrations for .sucks domain names for $250 per domain and Trademark Priority Registrations of $2,500 per domain. The truly shocking part of today’s announcement is that the registry plans on charging $25,000 PER domain for Sunrise Registrations. Sunrise is reserved for registered trademarks which are registered with the Trademark Clearing House (TMCH). The registry is offering is a $250 priority registration “Reserve the name ... read more ...
 
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Contention for Three More gTLDs Resolved in Fourth Applicant Auction - The Fourth Applicant Auction has concluded, resolving contention for three more strings. Donuts Inc. came away from the auction as the winner of all three strings: .LIFE, .CHURCH, and .LOANS. Life Covenant Church, Inc. will be compensated for withdrawing their application for .CHURCH, and Radix will be compensated for their withdrawal from .LOANS, while Xiamen 35.com Technology Co.,Ltd and CompassRose will be compensated for their withdrawal from .LIFE. This brings the total number of ... read more ...
 
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You Got To Be Kidding: $25K .Sucks Domain Name Registration? - One of the new gTLD applicants for .sucks opened up Priority Registrations for .sucks domain names for $250 per domain and Trademark Priority Registrations of $2,500 per domain. The truly shocking part of today’s announcement is that the registry plans on charging $25,000 PER domain for Sunrise Registrations. Sunrise is reserved for registered trademarks which are registered with the Trademark Clearing House (TMCH). The registry is offering is a $250 priority registration “Reserve the name ... read more ...
 
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Are You Ready for the Coming Explosion of Cybersquatting? - The next wave of domain-name barbarians is gathering outside the gates. Here’s what you need to do now to keep your trademarks, and your e-commerce, safe. Almost every business has had to deal with cybersquatters – pirates that launch web sites designed to divert customers by using domain names that mimic the business’s trademarks. Until now, the war has focused primarily on domain names within the “.com” sphere. But the battlefront is about to expand – dramatically. The international ... read more ...
 
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Sunrise period for new gTLDs open - On 6th November 2013 Donuts, Inc, a registry for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), announced that the sunrise period for seven of its new gTLDs would begin on 26th November. The included extensions are '.clothing', '.singles', '.holdings', '.bike', '.ventures', '.guru' and '.plumbing'. Similarly, on 13th November the company introduced seven more new gTLDs to sunrise on 3rd December. The added extensions are '.camera', '.equipment', '.estate', '.gallery', '.graphics', '.lighting' ... read more ...
 
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UK Bans 1and1.com New gTLD Commercials As Being “Misleading” -   The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)  which is the independent regulator of advertising across all media the United Kingdom has just banned 1and1.com new gTLD television commercials as being misleading. A television commercial similar to the one 1and1.com was running in the United States, was also running in the UK. The ASA applies the Advertising Codes, which are written by the Committees of Advertising Practice. Our work includes acting on complaints and proactively checking the ... read more ...
 
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Google’s Matt Cutts: Ideally ccTLDs Should Have IP In Country - This is probably a topic we've covered a dozen times here but it is always nice to have an official video from Matt Cutts on the topic.Matt said, in an "ideal world" it would be "wonderful" for each ccTLD to have an IP address based in the country of the ccTLD. But Google knows it is expensive and can be confusing to set up and thus says it is not necessary. Google uses the ccTLD component as a "strong indicator" for geo-targeting the domain name and web site. And of course, you can set ... read more ...
 
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.Fail! ChicagoGrid.com Says Berryhill Runs the Domains & .Chicago, .Jeans … - An Epic fail by a business publication covering the new gTLD’s, the Chicago Grid posted a story entitled “Will the switch from .com to .Chicago benefit businesses? Never mind the entire publication is wrapped with advertising from Dunkin’ Donuts and made my eye’s bleed. As Taylor Swift said “I knew you were trouble then” Of course there wasn’t even a new gTLD application submitted for .Chicago. The subtitle of the article: “Customers will have to embrace the 1,000 new domains ... read more ...
 
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The New Era of the Internet Dawns with the Start of Sunrise for Donuts NewTLDs … – Virtual - HEXONET to offer trademark owners early domain name registrations for the first set of iCANN approved and available new TLDs from Donuts Inc. Vancouver, British Columbia (PRWEB) December 18, 2013 HEXONET (http://www.hexonet.net) today announced the availability of domain name registrations for 25 of the newest top-level domains (TLDs), further signaling the start of the largest expansion to date of Internet namespaces, moving beyond generic extensions like .COM and .NET to fresh and relevant ... read more ...
 
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The New Era of the Internet Dawns with the Start of Sunrise for Donuts NewTLDs … – Virtual - HEXONET to offer trademark owners early domain name registrations for the first set of iCANN approved and available new TLDs from Donuts Inc. Vancouver, British Columbia (PRWEB) December 18, 2013 HEXONET (http://www.hexonet.net) today announced the availability of domain name registrations for 25 of the newest top-level domains (TLDs), further signaling the start of the largest expansion to date of Internet namespaces, moving beyond generic extensions like .COM and .NET to fresh and relevant ... read more ...